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"In the battle between democracy and autocracy, democracies are rising to the moment, and the world is clearly choosing the side of peace and security," US President Joe Biden says during his State of the Union address, one week after Moscow invaded Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
Lima, Sep 30 (EFE).- To protect some 35 million hectares of Amazon rainforest, the main indigenous organizations of Ecuador and Peru launched Thursday their own alternative development plan that seeks to leave oil and gas underground.The area, called by the natives as Cuencas Sagradas or Sacred Basins, comprises a wide water network originating in the glaciers of the Andes of Ecuador and Peru.The water descends to form innumerable rivers, feeding the Amazon, which hosts the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world and regulates the climate of the entire planet. (Camera: JUAN PALOMINO).SHOT LIST: INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS OF PERU AND ECUADOR PRESENT PLAN TO PROTECT THE AMAZON RAINFOREST IN LIMA, PERU.
Belgrade (Serbia), 25 Sep (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Andrej Cukic).- At 84 years of age, he is thought to be the longest-lived American alligator in captivity and his keepers say his good health could see him carry on for several more years. Life in his small pool, a balanced diet, the care of the staff and attention from visitors seem to have a healthy effect on the reptile, which arrived in Serbia in the mid-1930s. The death of another alligator at Moscow Zoo earlier this year has left Muja without his main rival for longevity of an American alligator in captivity.FOOTAGE OF MUJA, THE AMERICAN ALLIGATOR AND SOUNDBITES BY BELGIAN ZOO VETERINARIAN JOZEF EZVEDJ.TRANSLATION:"Muja came to the zoo in 1936, when the zoo was founded, but he was not a baby, he was like a child"."He is fed every two weeks. He is getting small rodents, quails, horse meat, fish meat, fish, calf and, as for the quantity, he is gaining two or three kilos because he is at a certain age when he moves slowly"."How has he lived so long? There are many factors, I am sure there is some genetics, we should not neglect the care and diet, but also veterinary and medical care "."We recently did a complete clinical checkup and all the results were satisfactory. According to the results, he still has some years to go."
Okinawa, Jun 23 (EFE/EPA).- The Japanese archipelago of Okinawa on Tuesday held low-key acts amid the ongoing coronavirus epidemic to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the fierce battle between the United States and Japan during the Second World War, which claimed the lives of 200,000, half of them civilians.The annual ceremony was held at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, a town in the southern part of the main island of Okinawa where the battle ended, and only those living in the prefecture itself were able to attend, local news agency Kyodo reported.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the mayors of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and a United Nations representative were also scheduled to attend the event but restrictions imposed in the country to prevent the spread of COVID-19 meant that they could only be present through video messages sent for the occasion. (Camera: HITOSHI MAESHIRO).SHOT LIST: RESIDENTS OFFER PRAYERS FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE WORLD WAR II BATTLE OF OKINAWA AT THE CORNERSTONE OF PEACE IN ITOMAN, JAPANESE SOUTHERN ISLAND OF OKINAWA, AND A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MORE THAN 240,000 WAR VICTIMS, INCLUDING AMERICANS, ON THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA, AT THE PEACE MEMORIAL PARK IN ITOMAN IN OKINAWA, JAPAN.
Mariah Carey and Sam Smith are sharing messages to support healthcare workers fighting coronavirus to mark World Health Day.
Montevideo / Punta del Este (Uruguay), Dec 15 (EFE / EPA) .- A Nazi eagle rests in the Cerro Fortress, a military unit of the Uruguayan State. This was one of the remains rescued from the bottom of the bay of Montevideo, where the imposing battleship Admiral Graf Spee rests, sunk in 1939, 80 years ago now.(CAMERA: Santiago Carbone and Federico Anfitti)IMAGES OF URUGUAYAN ALFREDO ETCHEGARAY AND URUGUAYAN RESEARCHER DANIEL ACOSTA Y LARA. THE IMAGES OF THE RESCUE OF THE EAGLE OF THE GRAF SPEE WERE HANDOUT BY THE BUSINESSMAN ALFREDO ETCHEGARAY.TRANSLATIONALFREDO ETCHEGARAY: 1. "It was said that there was the possibility of the eagle, that it could have been secretly removed by the Germans, that it could have been removed by the English who had divers working there with those old scuba divers, however there they were with their equipment in a very good state"2. "The boat is in bad, it is in a very bad state, but it doesn't matter, you have to leave it like that, that it is seen"3. "Reflection is one of the most important things because reflection helps correct the path of things and not make the mistakes of the past"DANIEL ACOSTA Y LARA: "It is really impressive, I was the one who proposed to cover the swastika, then that was criticized. Emotionally it had an impressive effect to see the eagle emerge from the water, not because I have any inclination for Nazi images, much the opposite, when they ask me about the ship I say that it was well sunk. It is not possible to take it out, the ship is very damaged, it is broken in two, say the part of the stern where the major explosion occurred "
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